Aside from serving you fine folk up with regular artsy-weird-whimsy, The Weekender is a big fan of jogging and can often be found pootling up down the Thames path drinking in the views and staving off a heart attack. Almost without fail while out running, someone will shout “Run Forest Run!” at me, it could be a tramp, some yobs or even a street entertainer angling for a cheap laugh (which they usually get). Now The Weekender can take a joke (kind of) but this just seems baffling. All this “joke” does is reference an old film where someone also does some running. If you pass an off duty soldier you don’t shout Apocalypse Now! because they’re also wearing camouflage. If you see a potentially lost child you wouldn’t scream Home Alone and then high five a passer-by. Actually maybe some of you would. To business!

Tweet of the week

A lot of competition this week (take a bow Twitter) but this from @Calbo made me laugh without even knowing what it was about. Then I did my research and this is INSANE.

Impressive feat/unhealthy addiction of the week

Harry Hill famously once pointed out that heroin is very more-ish, but for certain swathes of the population computer games can be just as addictive. Take this guy for example who has been playing the same game of Civilisation II for ten years. What’s brilliant is that since this was published the online community have been rallying round to try and help him end it…

Nelson-from-The Simpsons-style-”Har-har”-moment of the week

A brilliant, brilliant piece by Daniel Kahneman for The New Yorker but I bet you fall for the riddley-bit at the start. We sure did. Damn you Kahneman!

Clarification of the week

This article about the truth behind some of London’s more unusual names is probably the only piece which cleared up a brothel/casserole confusion this week. I’m not definite, but pretty confident.

Nightlife innovation of the week

The formula of a good night out is fairly simple but that doesn’t stop all sorts of people bending over backwards to improve/meddle with them. It can be as simple as an anti-jostle bar device but it can be a lot, lot stranger…

Eagle eyes of the week

Isn’t it weird when you’re sat watching your favourite big-budget fantasy drama series and you spot that one of the decapitated heads on a spike bears an uncanny resemblance to a former American president? No us neither, but someone did…

The It’s Nice That Podcast has begun over on Radio Wolfgang, a series that will evaluate popular creative works and assess why they’re so successful. In this first episode, It’s Nice That founders Will Hudson and Alex Bec unwrap the credentials of a distinctive christmas advert, questioning whether it’s “a psychological science or a creative dark art?”

Today America decides whether it is “stronger together” or if it wants to be made “great again”. Over the past few months one of the most hotly contested, shocking and savage presidential campaigns ever has played out. Tomorrow, should the losing candidate decide to concede, the new president of the USA will be either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

In July, we asked three art directors how they arrived in their role, and what it takes to lead a creative team. Now, in association with fashion talent company Mastered, It’s Nice That explores the line between creativity and commercial success.

Beirut is a city of contradictions, both buoyed and bound by its past and present; the push and pull between its history and future is particularly acute in the divergent experiences of older and younger generations. The Lebanese Civil War ended in the autumn of 1990, and now the generation born at or towards its end, who have lived through its consequences and inherited its legacy from their families are working towards a new creativity, one that recognises but is not necessarily defined by history.

The Adobe Creative Residency gives talented individuals the opportunity to focus on a personal project for a year. Meanwhile Adobe Create magazine explores behind the scenes, sharing the artist’s process and passion along the way.

The final instalment of The Night series, created by Vice Sports for Samsung, follows downhill racing champion Katy Curd careering through the Forest of Dean on her bike after the sun has set. Shot by Nick Ahlmark, a documentary film maker who has worked for the likes of Al Jazeera, Ride The Night: Downhill into Darkness sees riders speed along narrow tracks as the forest emerges from and fades into the inky black of the night, illuminated by the lamps mounted on handlebars. Drones speed along, capturing the riders as they race along tracks, slashing through the darkness as the trees and foliage are reduced to a blur. “You can’t just rely on your sight. You rely on your natural instincts,” says Katy. “It brings on different emotions as you test your skills in a different way.”